OAKLAND, Jan. 24, 2014 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -North American box demand has been healthy through the seasonally slow holiday period and prices for virgin linerboard and medium have remained stable despite new recycled startup capacity entering the market, according to contacts.

EAST MILLINOCKET, ME, Jan. 23, 2014 (Press Release) -Great Northern Paper (GNP), announced today a temporary stop in manufacturing due to the current high costs of production combined with lower market prices for its products.

HEIDENHEIM, Germany, Jan. 23, 2014 (Press Release) -DS Smith at Aschaffenburg, Germany, has equipped most of the wire, breast and drive rolls in their forming section of PM 1 with the CeraGuide B full plasma ceramic coating from Voith.